The Indian state of Orissa has scored top marks for its regulation of the electricity sector in a survey of Asian utility regulation carried out by the Asian Development Bank and made public at its

Greenpeace has occupied a drilling location owned by the NAM oil company. The Dutch offshore union FNV has declared its support for the action and has sent an observer to the action site. Also

A major gas field has been discovered in Pakistan's Sind province raising hopes of more finds in the area. The gas, with a 10 per cent carbon-dioxide content, is considered to be of very high

More than 20 leading global oil companies are locked in a fierce contest for bidding rights to what is being touted as the largest and most promising gas reserves finds in recent years, in offshore

Tough task ahead for Tidco : Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation Ltd (Tidco) will almost certainly be required to go in for a desulphurisation plant and a gassification plant if it opts to

CAG report : The US-based power company Enron's 2,184 MW power plant in Maharashtra is again in the thick of a controversy with the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) confirming what critics of

Shanghai plans to establish a nuclear power group to build generating equipment in China's largest city, underlining the country's aim to supply more locally-made machinery for a growing number of

The Karnataka Power Corporation Limited (KPCL) has initiated measures to form a core group to prepare the report for the 500 MW coal-based thermal power plant project at Toranagal near

Maharasthra's plan to sell a part of Chandrapur thermal power unit of Maharastra State Electricity Board (MSEB) has been shot down by various workers unions in the board. The recently-commissioned

National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) has evinced interest in forming a joint venture with the Uttar Pradesh State Electricity Board (UPSEB) for the execution of three major hydro-power projects